Mattie T Listing of Internet Resources

• Administrators

  • National Association of School Psychologists (NASP)
    http://www.naspcenter.org/principals/index.html
    Provides links to articles prepared by NASP members for the Principal Leadership magazine. Topics include crisis information, suicide, behavioral problems, and diversity. Additional materials for teachers and families are available for some topics. Some resources are available in Spanish.
  • ADA Basic Building Blocks webcourse
    http://www.adabasics.org/
    Online introductory course about the Americans with Disabilities Act. The course is available for free or continuing education units (CEUs) and may be obtained from Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech.).

• Assistive Technology

  • The National Center to Improve Practice in Special Education through Technology, Media, and Materials
    http://www2.edc.org/ncip
    Compiled information about technology, disabilities, and instructional practices through a broad range of resources. This site also provides opportunities for teachers to exchange information, build knowledge, and practice through collaborative dialogue.
  • The Center for Applied Special Technology
    http://www.cast.org
    Helpful suggestions for the universal design of learning materials and teaching practices to reduce the need for developing special accommodations and modifications for individual students in general education classes; also provides a link to the National Center on Accessing the General Curriculum website, which also offers research, solutions, and resources for universal design.
  • National Assistive Technology Research Institute (NATRI)
    http://natri.uky.edu/index.html
    Information about assistive technology, research reports, vendors, and video clips of AT devices being used.
  • PBS Parents: Inclusive Communities: Assistive Technology
    http://www.pbs.org/parents/inclusivecommunities/assistive_tech.html
    Provides information about types of assistive technology, augmentative communication, and links to additional resources. Information is available in English and Spanish.

• Professional Organizations

  • TASH
    http://tash.org
    A leading organization addressing the needs of individuals with significant disabilities. Its goals include Equity, Diversity, Social Justice and Inclusion.
  • Council for Exceptional Children
    http://www.cec.sped.org
    Website for the professional organization of teachers, administrators, parents, and other individuals interested in the education of students with disabilities.
  • No Child Left Behind
    http://www2.ed.gov/nclb/landing.jhtml
    Federal government’s website provides the entire text of that law, a summary of it, FAQs, and related information.
  • National Association for Down Syndrome
    http://www.nads.org
    Valuable source of information about students with Down syndrome; includes resources, news, and information about this relatively common syndrome.
  • The Arc
    http://thearc.org/
    Nonprofit organization dedicated to including children and adults with intellectual disabilities into everyday life, has a website filled with resources for understanding students with intellectual disabilities.
  • American Foundation for the Blind
    http://afb.org
    Extensive information about visual impairments and programs and services for students with this disability.
  • United Cerebral Palsy Association
    http://www.ucp.org
    Information about the causes, classification, prognosis, treatment, and psychological aspects of cerebral palsy.
  • Sickle Cell Disease Association of America
    http://www.sicklecelldisease.org/
    News, research updates, discussion boards, and resources related to this genetic disorder.
  • The Brain Injury Association, Inc.
    http://www.biausa.org
    Includes information about causes, cost, prevention, and treatment of TBI. It even has a kid's corner.
  • The National Association of the Deaf
    http://www.nad.org/
    Advocates for people who are deaf or hard of hearing, providing information on topics related to hearing loss and serving these individuals.
  • Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD) http://www.chadd.org
    Nonprofit organization dedicated to bettering the lives of those with ADHD and their families.
  • The Learning Disabilities Association of America (LDA)
    http://www.ldanatl.org
    Helpful support group for parents of students with learning disabilities. Valuable information on parental rights and tips for parenting are available.
  • National Association of Special Education Teachers
    http://www.naset.org/
    Professional organization for special education teachers and students studying to become teachers. Site provides information about special education law, disability information, teaching resources, and other professional resources. An e-journal is available for members.
  • National Association of Parents with Children in Special Education
    http://www.napcse.org/site/index.html
    Provides information about disabilities, special education law, advocacy, transition services parent forums and other resources.
  • Spina Bifida Association
    http://www.sbaa.org/site/PageServer?pagename=index
    Provides information about spina bifida, Insights into Advocacy eNewsletter, National Resource Center resources, and research information.
  • InterventionCentral.org
    http://www.interventioncentral.org/
    You can locate varieties of instructional materials for graphing scores, adjusting readabilities, implementing reading fluency/math computation probes, collecting CBM/CBA data, etc.. It provides us with administration manuals; therefore, teachers who are not familiar with these methods or materials may be able to make sure how to apply these activities to their instructions. In the section where you can adjust readabilities for individual readers, the computer automatically counts words per a page and per a row so that it may save teacher’s time to prepare for a lesson/test.

• Parents/Families/Community

  • The Beach Center on Disability
    www.beachcenter.org
    Affiliated with the University of Kansas, its goal is helping individuals with disabilities and their families through research, teaching, technical assistance, and community service. The website also has many resources to help professionals work effectively with families.
  • Wrightslaw
    http://www.wrightslaw.com/advoc/articles/iep_guidance.html
    A comprehensive guide for parents on IEPs, including general information, related case law, links to related sites, and examples of appropriate and inappropriate IEP goals and objectives.
  • The Families and Advocates Partnership for Education (FAPE) project
    http://www.fape.org
    Fosters collaboration among parents, advocates, and others to ensure that students with disabilities receive appropriate services. At the website you can find many additional links as well as many materials in languages other than English (e.g., Spanish, Vietnamese).
  • NEA’s Parent’s Guide to Testing at Your Child’s School
    http://www.nea.org/assets/docs/HE/44013_NEA_W_L1.pdf
    Provides general information about high stakes testing, questions to ask about mandated testing, and recommendations for helping their children do well on tests.

• Cultural and Linguistic Diversity

  • One Child at a Time: A Parent Handbook and Resource Directory for African American Families with Children who Learn Differently (National Association for the Education of African American Children with Learning Disabilities, 2002)
    http://www.aacld.org/images/NAEAACLD_HANDBOOOK_3RD_ED_IPDF3.pdf
    A free handbook for parents of African American children who learn differently. The handbook aims to empower African American parents to become advocates for their children by raising levels of awareness about learning differences.
  • The National Center for Education Statistics’ Common Core of Data
    http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/quickfacts.asp
    Information about diversity in schools nationwide, about schools in your state, or about specific schools in a district. This website also has information designed to help students understand their schools.
  • The National Association of Bilingual Education
    http://www.nabe.org/
    An organization concerned with the quality of education received by students whose native language is not English.
  • TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages)
    http://www.tesol.org
    Provides news and links regarding the fastest-growing sector of school-aged children-those who come from non-English-speaking backgrounds.
  • The Family Village-A Global Community of Disability Related Resources
    http://www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/index.htmlx
    Provides online information about specific disabilities, adaptive products, and education with resources for people with disabilities of African American, Latino, Native American, and Asian American backgrounds.

• General Information About Students With Disabilities

  • National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities
    http://www.nichcy.org
    Extensive information on disabilities and disability-related issues for families, teachers, and others. The website includes fact sheets and research briefs on specific disabilities as well as special education law. Many of the materials available for downloading are available in Spanish as well as English.
  • The National Association of the Deaf
    http://www.nad.org/
    The NAD advocates for people who are deaf or hard of hearing, provides information on topics related to hearing loss, and serves individuals with these special needs.
  • Councils of Educators for Students with Disabilities
    http://www.504idea.org/
    Wide variety of presentation materials and papers related to Section 504.
  • Special Education Resources on the Internet (SERI)
    http://www.seriweb.com/
    Devoted to individuals with disabilities. Topics to explore on the site include legal resources, parent resources, medical resources, and specific disability categories.
  • Federally-compiled annual reports to Congress on the implementation of IDEA
    http://www.ed.gov/about/reports/annual/osep/index.html
    Statistics about students with disabilities and how they receive their education services. Reports available from the past several years. The reports begin with summaries on essential issues, but also include extensive appendices with a wide variety of data tables.
  • DisabilityResources.org
    http://www.disabilityresources.org/index.html
    This website provides service delivers, receivers, and advocates with unique educational ideas by linking to enormous amount of related websites in order to increase accessibility to the general education for learners with special needs. It seems to be very helpful for both parents and educators that this website presents disability organization and advocacy agency links sorted by each state. Also, parents may be able to refer professional terminologies and legal rights for understanding service deliveries and inclusive educational systems http://www.disabilityresources.org/DRMincl.html

• Behavior and Positive Behavior Supports

  • Council for Exceptional Children Positive Behavior Supports website
    http://www.cec.sped.org/
    General information about Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports, including links to ERIC Digests, internet resources, discussion groups and FAQs.
  • Wrightslaw
    http://www.wrightslaw.com/info/discipl.index.htm
    Information related to the legal perspective on discipline, particularly for students with disabilities.
  • Discipline and classroom management
    http://members.tripod.com/~ozpk/disc.html
    Links to related information and resources about classroom management and discipline.
  • The Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice
    http://cecp.air.org
    Federally funded organization designed to promote effective educational practices for students with emotional and behavior problems; includes links for parents, teachers, and other professionals on topics related to working together on behalf of these students.
  • Behavior Advisor
    http://www.behavioradvisor.com/
    Provides links to information about behavioral assessment, positive interventions, tips for new teachers, and general behavior/classroom management strategies.
  • Dr. Mac’s Amazing Behavior Management Advice Site
    http://maxweber.hunter.cuny.edu/pub/eres/EDSPC715_MCINTYRE/715HomePage.html
    Award-winning website that includes thousands of ideas and links for addressing student behavior problems, whether they are simple or complex. This is a site that is best visited when there is time to browse.
  • OSEP Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions & Supports
    http://www.pbis.org/
    This site presents different ranges of Positive Behavioral Intervention Support models in inclusive settings. These models are categorized into School-wide, District-wide, and Statewide supports. It also explains how families can involve in behavioral support systems.

• Inclusion - General Information

  • The Family Village School website http://www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/education/inclusion.html
    Provides a wide variety of information about associations, instructional resources, legal issues, projects, and research related to inclusion.
  • The Friends of Inclusion website
    http://inclusion.com
    Dedicated to the collaborative practices of educators and professionals serving individuals with disabilities. This site includes articles by leaders in the field of inclusive practices. The site is in memory of Marsha Forrest, a Canadian professional who was one of the early advocates of inclusive practices.
  • Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF)
    http://www.dredf.org
    Resource for students who are developing self-advocacy skills. Site provides essential information about student rights and strategies for addressing problems that may occur.
  • JISCmail
    http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/inclusive-education.html
    An archive of listserv discussions that carry messages on a range of topics relevant to inclusive education.
  • NICHCY’s Student Guides
    http://www.nichcy.org/stuguid.asp
    Resources for students to learn to participate actively in their own IEP development and job seeking processes. Technical assistance materials for parents and teachers are provided. An audiotape that accompanies each guide can be ordered (transcript is available at the web site).
  • Inclusion: School as a Caring Community http://www.ualberta.ca/~jpdasddc/inclusion/schoolcaring/intro.htm
    Information on how students with special needs are now part of general education classes and how their teachers work to accomplish their inclusive practices. This site is specifically for teachers and other professionals and includes information at the elementary as well as secondary level. Although the site’s home is Canada, the information is very pertinent to American inclusive practices.
  • The Family Village Inclusion Resources - Global Community of Disability
    http://www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/index.htmlx
    A website that describes collaborative and inclusive practices worldwide. If you click on the page for education, you’ll find school resources, articles on inclusive practices, and links to other related websites.
  • Disability is Natural
    www.disabilityisnatural.com
    User friendly website based on a contemporary way of thinking about individuals with significant disabilities. The website includes general information, including the importance of using person-first language and respectful ways to talk with and about individuals with disabilities.
  • The Inclusion Network
    http://www.inclusion.com/inclusionnetwork.html
    An information rich resource on inclusive education, with related links. At this site you can e-mail your questions about inclusion and receive a personal response.
  • The National Institute for Urban School Improvement
    http://www.inclusiveschools.org/
    Created to foster inclusive practices in schools and communities. This website has many, many resources for schools in urban, suburban, and rural areas. For example, try downloading the booklet titled Improving Education: The Promise of Inclusive Education (http://www.inclusiveschools.org/pdf/IE02.pdf) for a blueprint for thinking about inclusive practices. The materials on this website were produced through a federal grant and reproduction of them is encouraged.
  • Wrightslaw
    http://wrightslaw.com/info/lre.index.htm
    Addresses legal issues related to special education and advocacy, including inclusive practices. At this site you can find technical information about the legal requirements of least restrictive environment as well as articles and case law related to this topic.
  • Inclusion
    http://www.uni.edu/inclusion/index.htm
    From the University of Northern Iowa, the site includes a wide variety of information on inclusive practices, from teacher competencies to teaching strategies, from articles to read to related links. The site includes information for administrators and ideas for creating inclusive schools.
  • ERIC Digest: Inclusion in Middle Schools
    http://www.ericdigests.org/2002-3/inclusion.htm
    Inclusive practices in middle schools. Topics include the rationale for inclusive practices, barriers that may be met, and ideas for fostering success.
  • Cast: Teaching Every Student
    http://www.cast.org/teachingeverystudent/
    You can locate methods and tools for enriching UDL in inclusive educational settings. For instance, educators can learn how to design individualized goals, develop student profiles, eliminate barriers, and change school systems. Not only special education teachers but also general educators may be able to comprehend and demonstrate UDL smoothly because of clear descriptions and directions for each topic related to UDL.
  • Education World
    http://www.educationworld.com/
    This website provides educators with varieties of articles related to inclusive schooling. For instance, the article titled Inclusion: Has It Gone Too Far? http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr034.shtml illustrates necessary components of establishing inclusive school environments. Also, the article titled Making It Work http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr320.shtml exemplify how to enrich inclusive settings smoothly. You can locate more articles about issues, resolutions, research results, etc. related to inclusion.
  • Inclusion in Science Education for Students with Disabilities
    http://www.as.wvu.edu/~scidis
    You can find differentiated teaching strategies for individual learners with unique learning needs. These instructional methods and tips are sorted by disability areas such as LD, BED, VI, etc.. Also, procedural and legal guidelines for IEP/Transition Plan are comprehensively explained. Moreover, varieties of accessibility resources for SAT accommodations, Assistive Technology, Dyslexia, etc. are available online.
  • MOSAIC
    http://main.edc.org/Mosaic/Mosaic10/inclusive.asp
    Illustrates how three different high schools successfully met individual learners’ unique needs in inclusive settings. The article explicates characteristics of effective educational environments. Also, it provides us with tips for successful inclusive and collaborative practices actually performed by educators at these three high schools. In addition, MOSAIC emphasizes the importance of whole school reform, collaboration, UDL, equity as well as student health in order to enrich inclusive practices at school.
  • New Horizons For Learning http://www.newhorizons.org/spneeds/front_spneeds.html
    This site is designed for all ages of life-long learners including educators and parents in order to empower inclusive school environments together as stated in the website. For instance, you can find an assortment of teaching and learning strategies, ideas for transforming education, as well as tips for inclusive and collaborative practices. Also, there are legal information and issues related to presenting and receiving special education services. There are articles about educational system changes, inclusive model programs, and the program assessments for improving inclusive schooling.
  • News powered by: Inclusion Daily Express
    http://www.inclusiondaily.com/
    You can find varieties of articles about lawsuits related to special education (inclusion). There are many other updated news articles related to accessibility, community, institutional, and etc.
  • Project Participate
    http://www.projectparticipate.org/Default.asp
    P provides us with inclusive educational models and suggestions. You can find different types of tips for caregivers, special educators, general educators, paraeducators, therapists, and etc. for enriching collaborative practices in inclusive settings. Educators may be able to make use of varieties of evaluation forms including inclusive practice evaluation checklists and quality checklists for their classroom. Links to other websites are categorized by World Wide Web sites and Companies and Manufacturers (especially related to Assistive Technology).
  • Parent Information Center of Delaware
    http://www.picofdel.org/
    Provides caregivers with practical information and essential skills in order to become a proactive partner at inclusive school settings. There are periodical newsletters which seem to be useful for both parents and educators for sharing educational experiences, information, and practices. This website may help us evaluating levels of inclusive learning environments along with checklists. It also illustrates qualities of inclusive environments and services.
  • TASH
    http://tash.org/
    A dvocates for infant through adult education. It provides us with unique information and ideas for developing inclusive educational community. You can find not only inclusion tips but also positive behavior supports, resolutions, community living, as well as communication clues for improving inclusive educational environments.
  • The Access Center: Improving Outcomes for All Students K-8
    http://www.k8accesscenter.org/training_resources/CRA_Instructional_Approach.asp
    As I referred before, CRA is a research based instructional strategy. This website provides educators with CRA strategies, UDL instructional ideas, and research based web-links. While collaborating with special and general educators together in an inclusive setting, they may be able to enrich their instructions effectively by using these resources. Also, parents may be able to picture how their child is learning at school by observing these ideas illustrated online.

• Universal Design For Learning/Differentiated Instruction/Academic

  • The Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST)
    http://www.cast.org
    An educational organization that uses technology to expand opportunities for all people, especially those with disabilities. This website includes many links for Universal Design for Learning.
  • National Center to Improve Practice in Special Education Through Technology, Media, and Materials
    http://www2.edc.org/ncip
    Offers suggestions on using research-based teaching practices with students with disabilities and other special needs.
  • Success for All Foundation
    http://www.successforall.com
    Program information for Elementary, Middle and Secondary levels. Links to published research about Success for All programs.
  • Classroom Connect
    http://corporate.classroom.com
    Ideas to simplify teachers’ jobs, including a variety of classroom management and other teaching tips.
  • The Equal Access to Software and Information (EASI)
    http://people.rit.edu/easi/lib.htm
    A page specifically devoted to library accessibility issues, including a collection of useful links.
  • Education 4 Kids
    http://www.edu4kids.com
    Helps students learn basic math skills while on the Internet. Users can decide what type of math they want to be quizzed on and can also control the complexity of the equations and size of the numbers. The site even keeps score so students can see how they are doing.
  • ProQuest K-12
    http://www.proquestk12.com/
    Provides extensive links to online libraries of lesson plans that include modifications for students with special needs, a homework help area, and state curriculum guides.
  • Education World
    http://www.education-world.com
    Provides a searchable database of more than 50,000 sites related to curriculum ideas. Many of the resources are geared especially to students with disabilities and other special needs.
  • Teachers Helping Teachers
    http://www.pacificnet.net/~mandel/
    Practical ideas about specific teaching problems from actual teachers in the field, lesson plans, teachers’ forums, and curriculum materials.
  • Infoplease Homework Center
    http://www.infoplease.com/homework/
    For homework help, students can go to this site and be linked instantly to information on the academic subject of their choice, including math, English, literature, social studies, and science.
  • Webmath
    http://www.webmath.com
    Website designed to help students with specific math problems they encounter in class or in homework. Answers to problems are generated and produced in real-time, at the moment web users type in their math problem and clicks on Solve.
  • National Library for Virtual Manipulatives
    http://nlvm.usu.edu/
    Contains links to extensive collection of virtual manipulatives PreK-12. Topics include numbers and operations, geometry, algebra, measurement, and data analysis and probability.
  • SchoolNotes.com
    http://www.schoolnotes.com
    Teachers can post their own notes and homework assignments on the Net without a web page. Parents and students can then access them from the web (search by zip code).
  • LD Online-LD Indepth:
    http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/transition/transition.html
    Provides information about helping students make the transition from school to work or other post-school options.
  • The School-to-Work Outreach Project
    http://www.ici.umn.edu/schooltowork
    Provides information about helping students make the transition from school to work.
  • Sites for Teachers
    http://www.sitesforteachers.com
    A collection of links to iterature and language arts resources and lesson plans.
  • Study Guides and Strategies
    http://www.studygs.net
    Provides study guides as well as strategies for preparing for and taking tests. The site provides study skills resources including several links to study skills guides and interactive tutorials. Materials are available in 25 different languages.
  • Quiz Center (at discoveryschool.com)
    http://school.discoveryeducation.com/teachingtools/teachingtools.html
    Tool for creating, administering, and scoring online quizzes.
  • EdWeb
    http://edwebproject.org
    Website index of education-focused discussion groups where you can discuss testing, grading, and many other educational issues that relate to working with students in inclusive settings.
  • Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO)
    http://www.ccsso.org
    Testing and grading policies being used around the country.
  • Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)
    http://www.ascd.org/
    Professional organization that offers many resources on differentiating instruction, including exploratory lessons that prepare professionals for this important approach for teaching.
  • Teach-nology
    http://www.teach-nology.com/tutorials/teaching/differentiate/planning/
    Offers step-by-step instructions for planning differentiation in general education classrooms.
  • ERIC Digest: Differentiation of Instruction in the Elementary Grades
    http://www.ericdigests.org/2001-2/elementary.html
    Discusses differentiation as it pertains to the elementary grades.
  • CAST National Center on Accessing the General Curriculum
    http://4.17.143.133/ncac/
    Not-for-profit education research and development organization that uses technology to make education more flexible and accessible for all students, especially those with disabilities; information on making general education accessible; includes extensive information on related topics including Universal Design for Learning.
  • National Center on Secondary Education and Transition (NCSET) of the University of Minnesota
    http://www.ncset.org/publications/viewdesc.asp?id=247
    Includes an article on instructional and assessment accommodations for students with disabilities in middle and high schools.
  • University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning
    http://www.ku-crl.org/
    Encompasses many materials and professional development opportunities related to enhancing the learning of students with disabilities.
  • University of Texas Center for Reading and Language Arts http://www.texasreading.org/utcrla/
    Provides information for improving the literacy skills of all students, but especially those with disabilities, English language learners, and students struggling to read.
  • Inspiration and Kidspiration
    http://www.inspiration.com/
    Programs that offer custom-made or prepared graphic organizers and outlines. Kidspiration version is for grades K-5. The Listen tool allows user to listen to all text. Inspiration version is designed from grades 6 and above. A talking interface is available with this version as well. Both versions include extensive graphics libraries; users can import their own images as well. Free trial versions are available.
  • Intervention Central
    http://www.interventioncentral.org/
    Provides online tools for behavior management, curriculum-based measurement, bullying prevention, instructional strategies, and more.
  • abcteach
    http://www.abcteach.com/
    Provides educators with practical instructional materials such as writing prompts, graphic organizers, research formats, portfolio forms, etc.. You can locate materials for pre-K through high school education on the website. For instance, it provides us with varieties of clip arts for developing original instructional materials. In addition, Flashcards section seems to be very interesting and useful. You can obtain colorful already made flashcards so that teachers may be able to save their time and budgets for planning instruction. Furthermore, you can design your original crossword, shape book, word wall, word unscramble, word search, math worksheets, and sudoku by using abctools. They are all free!
  • Figure This! National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
    http://www.figurethis.org/
    During the student teaching, I implemented materials available on this website. These mathematical materials would be challenging, however, middle and high school students seemed to enjoy utilizing these materials during Activating Strategy. They are real-life problems and teachers can present further knowledge and advanced problems if you click “Try These, Think About This…, and Did You Know?” on the top of each challenging page. By utilizing these materials during Activating Strategy, learners may be able to learn how to apply previously learned skills to the real life situations. Moreover, these materials are all free. Additionally, it also provides students and caregivers with information about how to work on math skills at home (e.g. homework assignments).
  • Landmarks Son of Citation Machine
    http://citationmachine.net/index.php?page=about
    This site an help learners across ages citing their references smoothly. There are both APA and MLA styles available on the left side of the page. First of all, you choose types of citations you want to edit, second, input necessary information, third, click Submit, and you can obtain the APA or MLA citation. It may be helpful to for learners to practice citing resources without confusions. Citation Machine has major revisions on April 2006 according to David Warlick & The Landmark Project, creators of this website.
  • MathVIDS
    http://www.coedu.usf.edu/main/departments/sped/mathvids/index.html
    You can locate information about the use of different instructional methods such as CRA, Metacognitive strategies, modeling, making connections, etc. In addition to these teaching strategies, you can observe mathematical lesson ideas designed along with CRA. In the Metacognitive section on the left side of the webpage, you can find already made mnemonics which can be applied across curriculum. It also provides you with tips for developing your original mnemonics.
  • Oswego City School District: Regents Exam Prep Center
    http://regentsprep.org/
    This is my personal favorite especially in the Math A section. Instructional ideas presented in this website seem to follow CRA (Concrete Representative Abstract, The Access Center: Improving Outcomes for All Students K-8, which is a research based instructional strategy. Therefore, both learners with and without disabilities may be able to effectively learn from instructional methods and strategies provided by this website. Each mathematical topic is similarly following the components of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Standards. Therefore, it seems be easy for inclusion teachers to find out current lesson contents on the website although each state may require different mathematical standards.
  • Star Child
    http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/StarChild.html
    This site presents visual and verbal instructional representations related to solar systems, universe, and space. There are two readability levels available online. In fact, there is a listening function so that readers can hear what they read online in order to comprehend materials effectively. Key words are highlighted and you can find definitions by clicking these words. In addition, you can locate sample varieties of lesson plans including necessary materials and procedures. Moreover, this website interprets materials into German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish. There is a link to http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/homepage.html where 14 or older students can research and learn about science with almost the same website functions (highlighted key words, word definitions, etc.) as in Star Child.
  • Teaching Social Skills in Language Arts
    http://www.cccoe.net/social/skillslist.htm
    This site presents instructional ideas including lesson materials, structures, and applications in order to teach social skills through class activities. Social skill application activities are designed differently for 6th, 7th, and 8th grades. Moreover, games and puzzles related to learning social skills are available on http://www.cccoe.net/social/directory.htm . Also, you can locate student Internet search engines on http://www.cccoe.net/social/SAinternetresources.htm .
  • Timesaversforteachers.com
    http://www.timesaversforteachers.com/
    This site can save teacher’s planning time! It provide us with varieties of recording sheets such as for missing assignment, class list, student teacher contact form, etc.. Moreover, free forms include instructional materials such as the matric system, multiplication table, peer editing form, etc. It will help educators to spend more time on co-planning instructions without spending huge amounts of time for creating instructional materials.
  • Windows to the Universe
    http://www.windows.ucar.edu/
    This site provides us with biology, earth science, interdisciplinary, mathematics, physics, and space science web-links. Many of these web-links seem to be interactive, visual, and detailed across topics so that teachers may be able to use these web-links during the class or students may be able to use them at home for research projects, homework assignments, etc. At the bottom of the webpage, there are more instructional materials which can be used by both students and teachers. In fact, you can find reading materials already adjusted to Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced. Moreover, key words are highlighted and can be clicked to read further information (linked to another page) with visual descriptions. By utilizing these components, teacher may instruct learners with different levels of reading skills in the same class while teaching the same standard content.

• Service Delivery Options (For Example, Co-Teaching) And Teams

  • The National Resource Center for Paraprofessionals (NRCP) http://www.nrcpara.org
    Founded in 1979 to support paraprofessionals who work in schools. This site includes several discussion boards, including one for teachers and administrators who have questions about working with paraprofessionals.
  • Center for Collaborative Organizations
    http://www.workteams.unt.edu
    Provides a glimpse into the importance of teams in a wide variety of professions. At this website, you can link to exercises for team building, assessments about your qualities for teaming, and information on teaming specialized contexts. How do these sites relate to your profession?
  • LD in Depth: Individualized Education Program
    www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/iep/iep.html
    IEPs for most students with learning and behavior disabilities include goals and supports in the academic areas of reading math, and writing. This website provides many links to help parents and teachers develop IEPs in academic areas.
  • Power of 2
    http://powerof2.org/
    Website addressing collaborative strategies for successfully including students with disabilities. Examples of information provided include FAQs, articles, and links to related sites.
  • Special Connections
    http://www.specialconnections.ku.edu/
    You can find co-teaching models, instructional tools, teaching strategies (including distance learning), environmental barriers, and informative keys to effectively perform inclusion.  Also, you can locate numerous UDL ideas including CBA/CBM, Performance/Data Based Assessments, Test Constructions, as well as Grading. In addition, this website emphasizes empowering peer tutoring, Direct Instruction, and Cognitive Strategies. Moreover, instructors may refer how to implement Behavior Intervention Plans and the most considerably suitable accommodations for unique learners in the inclusive setting.
  • The following URLs contain information that focus on courageous conversations about race as well as culturally relevant teaching in an effort to close and ultimately eliminate the achievement gap between blacks and white:
    http://www.pacificeducationalgroup.com/
    http://www.galeschools.com/article_archive/2004/12/breaking_silence.htm
    http://www.harmonyschool.org/www/pdf/connections/2007.fall.courage_conv.pdf http://www.schoolsmovingup.net/cs/wested/view/e/50
    http://www.nccrest.org/disproportionality/glenn_singleton.pdf

• Testing/Accountability

  • American Psychological Association
    http://www.apa.org
    A good site to learn about all kinds of assessments, including high stakes testing.
  • National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO)
    http://education.umn.edu/nceo/
    Information on the topic of state and national testing policies.
  • National Center on Accessing the General Curriculum
    http://4.17.143.133/ncac/
    Information about curriculum-based assessments, including various samples.
  • Curriculum-Based Measurement Warehouse (Intervention Central)
    http://www.interventioncentral.org/
    Links to CBM probes in reading, writing and mathematics, as well as scoring and training materials.
  • AIMSweb
    www.aimsweb.com
    A progress monitoring system that provides curriculum-based assessments in literacy skills (reading and writing), numeracy and early mathematics. Schools or individuals may purchase licenses to use the products.
  • National Institute on Student Achievement, Curriculum and Assessment
    http://www.ed.gov/offices/OERI/SAI/index.html
    Latest research on student testing, curriculum, and achievement.
  • Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators: Teacher Helpers: Assessment and Rubric Information
    http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/assess.html
    Contains links to extensive list of rubrics and rubric generator web sites.
  • ERIC Digest: No Child Left Behind: Testing, Reporting and Accountability
    http://www.ericdigests.org/2004-2/behind.html
    Provides an overview of the testing and reporting requirements in No Child Left Behind.
  • Student Progress Monitoring System
    www.ms-spms.com
    SPMS is an easy-to-use, web-based application that allows educators in Elementary School through High School to assess and monitor student performance in Mathematics, Reading/Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, and Writing.

• Research

  National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research
  http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/nidrr/index.html?src=mr
  This website provides information about research on the rehabilitation of individuals with disabilitie